Are you an outgoing, positive, caring person? Do you have a desire to help others?
Do you have just a few hours a week to give to someone?
If you answered yes to any one of these, then Grace Hospice has a great opportunity for you!
Grace is seeking loving, caring people to join our volunteer program!
As a Grace Hospice Volunteer you will be trained in:
Hospice basics
Spirituality and the dying patient
Palliative care
Effective communication
How to assist the Alzheimer's patient
How to effectively comfort the family
and much much more!
This is a flexible program and visits range from two to four times a month, approximately one hour each visit. We work around your schedule.
For more information on this rewarding opportunity check out our volunteer website at http://www.ghospice.com/volunteer.html. Applicant interest is available online.
You will be glad you did!
Marie Raymond, Volunteer Coordinator, 616.432.2050.
3355 Eagle Park Dr. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525, US
Mission Statement
For each employee to treat every patient as their own treasured loved one, providing care that affords a quality of life that outweighs quantity of days, and supports caregivers as their hearts find healing.
Description
Hospice is a philosophy of caring for patients whose medical conditions are not responding to treatment or for those patients who choose not to seek aggressive medical care at the end stage of life. It is a program for patients who are considered terminal and are expected to live six months or less if the disease follows its natural course, although many patients outlive this time frame. The hospice philosophy focuses on comfort care not curative care. The goal of hospice care is for the patient to remain as comfortable and pain-free as possible in their own home or the home of a loved one through the end of life. Hospice care can also be provided in a long-term care facility or an assisted living facility
